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London Olympics won't hold moment of silence for Munich victims
Oren Aharoni
Published: 16.05.12, 15:12
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1. Your Article about Minute of Silence/IOC
Donna Schmidt ,   West Nyack, US   (05.16.12)
Dear Oren....thank you for the article. We are the organization (JCC Rockland) who spearheaded the minute of silence petition for Ankie and the Munich 11 families. We are moving fast and forward with our plea. No is not an answer we are happy with. Regards, Donna Schmidt
2. All that is asked for is to remember slain
meghan ,   Israel   (05.16.12)
SPORTSMEN...as I would thnk they would do if it had been sportsmen from elsewhere...no need to mention from where, we can guess. This is an event to bring countries and peoples together in the name of sport, those terrorists turned the olympics into a political killing field. Its become a farce, but still a goal for those going for the gold. They are always olympic champions, but loose the world championship status to the ones that better them.
3. ok, how about the Israeli Teams...
Jew ,   JewLandia   (05.17.12)
consider marching with photographs of our 11 fallen sportsmen? My meaning is that during the principle entry march our teams march with black bands and photographs. If the IOC is inconsiderate about remembering that doesn't mean that we Israelis have to do the same. Let's be creative and find another solution! May the memory of the 11 be for a blessing
4. I agree with the IOC
Gilad ,   Israel   (05.17.12)
Sorry, but a moment of silence during the main opening event for something that happened 40 years ago is asking too much. Sounds to me more like another Foreign Ministry lame publicity stunt...
5. 40 years ago
arjun ,   new delhi, india   (05.17.12)
so, gilad, if it is a question of time passing by, then i suppose you feel it is time to forget the shoah as it happened almost 70 years ago!!
6. anti-Semitism runs srtong in the IOC
Scott ,   Ramat Gan, Israel   (05.17.12)
If it were an American or European team that was massacred at the Olympics, there would be a permanent memorial. The IOC refused to cancel the games in 1972 & were forced to briefly suspend the games for 1 day while terrorists were crawling throughout the Olympic village. The very least the IOC can do is have 1 minute of silence for the victims. This is not much to ask
7. olympics = money, drugs and big business
(05.17.12)
8. Agree with #3 - at very least black armbands
GZLives   (05.17.12)
If the Israeli team comes into the stadium wearing the armbands, the sports announcers and writers will need to explain why and the point will be made. But how many will actually say the Israelis at Munich were murdered by Palestinian Arabs or will that part be PC'd Muslimwashed so as not to offend the Muslims who of course are always blameless and never responsible for anything they do
9. what else is new?
les ,   canada   (05.17.12)
did you expect anything else from them?
10. IOC Must Stay True to Itself
Yaakov Cohn ,   Framingham   (06.17.12)
The IOC has a long, proud tradition of insensitivity to Jewish concerns, and it is not going to change. In the face of Hitler's discrimination against Jews and limitations placed on Jewish athletes, the IOC proceeded as if nothing was wrong. While Palestinians were holding Israeli athletes and coaches hostage, the IOC proceeded as if nothing was wrong. When those Israelis were murdered, the IOC proceeded as if nothing was wrong. How can the IOC impugn the reputations of its past leaders, and put its own integrity under question. If the IOC commemorates an event that it has long treated as a non-event, it will be implicitly admititng its own complicity, by sins of commision and ommision. If Israel holds a ceremony on its own, and does not explicitly condemn the current and past leadership of the IOC, it will be as guilty as the IOC of denying history.
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